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5-5-34 Cerastium semidecandrum L. Corte
217, Box 52, BvH 74 AllII#84, #383, SvK I 238. F2. Villeneuve
-Bouveret (Perhaps in marsh behind? Bouveret Plage)
growing in moss. Plants 2-6 cm with very slender
annual roots. Bracts ½-¾ of their length scarious (evident
to eye), & short hairy, the hairs on upper part tipped
with tiny spheriod gland. St. simple, erect. Lest
leaf at [nowdry] form a sort rosette. I've [illegible]
watered. These basal lvs over-all 6-7 mm v also feel
more like AllII #83 (C. pumilum Curt). Stlvs oblong-
or slightly ovate, obtuse 6-5 x 3 mm. Calyx about 5 mm, pal
about 7 mm long when open. Teeth almost 1mm long v
effect as in AllII #84 with calyx lobes not closely appled
and sometime laccerate at tip. Longest pedicels 10 mm
but other pedicels (fr ripe fr) only 5 mm long. Sepals def
scarious (1mm atleast) at tip. Pedicels of delayed fr.
stiffly ascending in most cases. (See AllII, SvK centre)
Seeds about ½ mm.
5-5-34 Cerastium viscosum L. # 383, BvH 74, All II
#86, = C. glomeratum Thull. Corte I 216, Box 52,
SvK I 237. Fly fr. Villeneuve-Bouveret (Perhaps in
marshy bruch just south of Noille). Sts 1/2 to 1 in high.
several from a slender root. Its fresh green color
& broad lvs give it a look very dif from C. vulgatum.
Bracts all herbaceous with not trace / scariousness